Mary Kline Rose 1701 Broadway #345 Vancouver, WA 98663 (360) 567-0362 Email Mary

Mary Kline Rose is an accomplished author and freelance writer of maritime and military history. Her graduate degree in museology and experience as the former director and consultant to maritime and history museums in the Pacific Northwest has given her a broad exposure to archival caches and resources around the country. A native Washingtonian and a graduate of The Evergreen State College and the University of Washington, Ms. Rose was raised hiking, fishing, and camping throughout the West. She has traveled widely in Russia and Great Britain, too, developing cultural, art and history exhibitions. Her discussion of Namesakes of Nature reflects some of her personal interests and is an extension of research through historical and military documents spanning more than 200 years. Guarding International Secrets is the result of 15 years of research and editing of a marine's journal, published under the title Pacific Ocean Campaign, A Journal of a Cruise 1842-1844 (Rose Wind Press, 2004).

Guarding International Secrets: The Pacific Fleet 1841-1844 A journal was hidden and neglected in family attics for decades. No one knew the secrets it held, but 20 years ago a descendent took a closer look. The flowing script gave detailed descriptions of the 1841-44 voyage of the USS United States, the flagship of the Pacific Fleet. Corporal Edward W. Taylor was one of twenty U.S. Marines who served the fleet. His particular duties included guarding the quarters of Admiral Thomas Catesby Jones and accompanying him ashore in many foreign ports of call during the three-year voyage. Taylor's personal journal was forbidden to enlisted naval men aboard the ship. Only officers were allowed to record the events of the fleet patrol and this was expected to be done officially. A private journal among the sailors might incite mutiny if allowed to reflect the crew's daily activities. This presentation is accompanied by Power Point /slide illustrations and journal entries depicting the ports and people Taylor encountered on his voyage. Mary Kline Rose directed the research of journal events, places, and people for fifteen years, before publishing the journal and extensive cross references in the book Pacific Ocean Campaign 1842-44, Journal of a Cruise by Corporal Edward W. Taylor. It is an extraordinary account of the political and international dilemmas presented by Manifest Destiny and secretly guarded by the U.S. and British navies in the 1840s. The manner in which foreign policy is conducted today and the protocol and diplomacy for consular and naval officials was founded in the early traditions and events of that era. Audience: adult Requirements: Powerpoint projector and screen